Comparison

Next Up Performance vs Marune

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Next Up Performance

This app connects users with leaderboards, interactive video challenges, and workout tracking to build community and achieve goals. It's designed for athletes, coaches, and nonprofit organizations seeking new ways to engage and accomplish objectives.

Highlights
  • Interactive video challenges
  • Workout data tracking
  • Community building with nonprofits
  • Regional, state, and national leaderboards
  • Verified training accomplishment records
  • Progress tracking for exercise results
Features
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Next Up gives each user access to leaderboards, interactive video challenges, a new way to track workout data, as well opportunities to build community with nonprofit organizations. Capable of meeting the needs of high school athletes, coaches, as well as nonprofit organizations looking for additional ways to build community and accomplish new goals. Get on regional, state and national leaderboards. Join challenges with local leaders to work with people in your area to create new projects. Each leaderboard record will be backed up with either a URL, or an easy to view video of the verified training accomplishment. Video challenges will give every user the opportunity to build community with local organizations through competitions and interactive discussions. Challenge friends, rivals and local sports heroes in video challenges. Join in conversations with community leaders to support new projects. Use the progress feature to track your exercise results and in-app conversations to support new community efforts. The app is capable of calculating the projected max effort for every piece of training information put into the app and connecting each user to community leaders. Next Up exists to create challenge communities that can help each of its users meet new goals. We do this for athletes with competitions and local organizations with challenge discussions to help them and each of their volunteers meet new goals. Our mission is to use new technology to help people succeed. We believe each of our challenge communities can create successful opportunities for its members. The Next Up app exists as a tool to help each of its users connect to conversations and competitions that can help them meet new goals. For additional information about our terms and conditions: https://nextupperformance.com/terms-and-conditions/ For additional information about our privacy policy: https://nextupperformance.com/privacy-policy/

About

Marune

This app helps martial artists track their training sessions, visualize their schedule, and monitor progress. Log techniques, supplementary workouts, belt promotions, and competition history. Build a personal technique library and connect with training partners.

Highlights
  • Training session logging
  • Calendar view for schedule
  • Supplementary workout tracking
  • Belt progression monitoring
  • Competition history recording
  • Personal technique library
  • Social sharing and connection
Features
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Marune - Martial Arts Training Tracker Track your martial arts journey with Marune, the complete training companion for practitioners of all levels. TRAINING LOG Record every training session with detailed information including duration, techniques practiced, rolling time, and notes. Track your progress over time with comprehensive statistics. CALENDAR VIEW Visualize your training schedule with weekly, monthly, and yearly calendar views. See your training frequency at a glance and stay motivated. EXERCISE TRACKING Log your supplementary workouts including HIIT, yoga, resistance training, running, swimming, cycling, and more. BELT PROGRESSION Track your belt promotions and stripes across multiple martial arts disciplines. Document your journey from white belt to black belt and beyond. COMPETITION TRACKER Record your competition history including results, medals, and achievements. Analyze your competitive performance over time. TRAINING WIKI Build your personal technique library. Create and organize techniques with detailed notes and training flows. SOCIAL FEATURES Connect with training partners and friends. Share your progress, like and comment on posts, and stay motivated together. STATISTICS AND INSIGHTS Gain insights into your training habits with detailed analytics. Track total training time, sparring percentages, and identify trends in your practice. PEAK SUBSCRIPTION Unlock premium features with Peak including advanced statistics, enhanced insights, and more. Whether you train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Wrestling, Muay Thai, Boxing, Karate, Taekwondo, or any other martial art, Marune helps you stay consistent and track your improvement. Download Marune today and take your training to the next level. CONTACT AND SUPPORT Email: support@marune.social Instagram: @maruneapp Terms of Service: https://marune.social/terms Privacy Policy: https://marune.social/privacy

Screenshots

Next Up Performance3 screens
Marune4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Marune at every 5 days against Next Up Performance's every 3 months. Marune also leads on ratings volume (96 vs 6). Next Up Performance's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 74%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Next Up Performance sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Marune sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Next Up Performance holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Marune has 96 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Next Up Performance's written reviews are positive against 74% of Marune's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Next Up Performance ships an update every 3 months, Marune every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Next Up Performance versus Marune: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNext Up PerformanceMarune
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.6 (96 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better73.6% of reviews
Number of ratings696 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB63 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperNext Up Performance LLCVarsalus, Inc.

Customer experience

Next Up Performance

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Marune

All ratings96 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral2.1%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive73.6%
Neutral7.5%
Negative18.9%

Bugs and requests

Next Up Performance

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Marune

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Keeps freezing when logging stats
  • New update: 'what did you train' selector broken
  • Newest update: dates and techniques appear blank
  • Bug with entering location when logging training
  • Hours showing up incorrectly / in negatives
Show 8 more
  • Weight goal feature crashes app
  • Text only types in all caps
  • Can't log training dates or competitions from prior years
  • New version defaults to old instructor
  • New version UI not intuitive
  • Cannot use username or upload photo on iPhone
  • Cannot input training data
  • Spell check/autocorrect not working in notes section

Requested features

27 requests
  • Go back to old version
  • Add ability to sync with health app
  • Add ability to copy text from notes
  • Add trainings tagged in to logs
  • Add day of week to training feed
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  • Add categories for competitions (gi, nogi, absolutes)
  • Send reminders to log training
  • Allow adding different types of training (Muay Thai, boxing, etc.) separately
  • Toggle between disciplines (BJJ, Muay Thai)
  • See different martial arts separately
  • Add 'total training' tab and individual martial art tabs
  • Allow secondary sport selection
  • Add reminders for specific times
  • Add option to add opponent's name/gym in competition log
  • Add data on nature of win/loss in competition log
  • Add belts for under 16
  • Sync logged sessions with health app
  • Add clubs and teams information
  • Add training partners to a session
  • Track promotions
  • Add instructor to training sessions
  • Add time of day to training session
  • Create/select training session categories
  • Add rating out of 10 to training sessions
  • Data reports on ratings and hours by type, instructor, time of day
  • Option for gi+no-gi in one session
  • Make app available in Portuguese

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Next Up Performance

Subscriptions2
  • General Users Monthly Plan$0.991 Month
  • Team Plans$99.991 Year
3 purchases

Marune

Subscriptions3
  • Marune Ad-Free for 1 Year$3.991 Year
  • Peak Monthly Subscription$8.991 Month
  • Peak One Year Subscription$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Next Up Performance free?
Next Up Performance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Marune free?
Marune is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Next Up Performance or Marune?
Next Up Performance is rated higher. Next Up Performance averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Marune averages 4.6 from 96 ratings.
Do Next Up Performance or Marune have ads?
Neither Next Up Performance nor Marune shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Next Up Performance or Marune?
Next Up Performance ships an update every 3 months, and Marune every 5 days. Most recently, Next Up Performance was updated on June 1, 2026 and Marune on September 19, 2026.

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